Patents Examined by Reva Danzig
  • Open marketplace for distributed service arbitrage with integrated risk management
    Patent number: 8140367
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium that support an open marketplace for distributed service arbitrage with an integrated risk management is presented. Orders for work packets, which are processed within a software factory, are allowed to be bid upon only by software factories that have been previously ranked by a centralized marketplace portal, thus ensuring that only qualified software factories are allowed to service such orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fausto Bernardini, Jarir K. Chaar, Yi-Min Chee, Joseph P. Huchel, Thomas A. Jobson, Jr., Daniel V. Oppenheim, Krishna C. Ratakonda